5-letter words that end in f
- kalif — a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- kenaf — a tropical plant, Hibiscus cannabinus, of the mallow family, yielding a fiber resembling jute.
- kloof — (in South Africa) a deep glen; ravine.
- knopf — Alfred A(braham) 1892–1984, U.S. publisher.
- kolff — Willem J(ohan) [wil-uh m yoh-hahn,, -han] /ˈwɪl əm ˈyoʊ hɑn,, -hæn/ (Show IPA), 1911–2010, U.S. physician and inventor, born in the Netherlands: developed the artificial kidney machine.
- lwoff — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1902–1994, French microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1965.
- maqaf — (Hebrew typography) The Hebrew script hyphen (־).
- metif — Alternative form of metis (person of mixed parentage).
- modef — Pascal-like language with polymorphism and data abstraction. "Definition of the Programming Language MODEF", J. Steensgard-Madsen et al, SIGPLAN Notices 19(2):92-110 (Feb 1984).
- motif — a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- musaf — the religious service celebrated by Jews in addition to and immediately after the morning service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- najaf — a city in central Iraq: holy city of the Shiʿites; shrine contains tomb of Ali (a.d. c600–661), founder of the Shiʿite sect.
- notif — (slang) notification.
- nroff — (transitive,computing) To format (text) using the nroff program, which produces output suitable for simple fixed-width printers and terminal windows.
- nswtf — New South Wales Teachers Federation (Australia)
- nyaff — a small or contemptible person
- pilaf — a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
- pluff — a blowpipe or popgun
- proof — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- quaff — to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
- queef — Slang: Vulgar. an expulsion of air through the vagina.
- quiff — a woman, especially one who is promiscuous.
- rnzaf — Royal New Zealand Air Force
- rumpf — kernel (def 7).
- scaff — food
- scanf — The C library routine that reads data from the standard input stream stdin into the locations given by each entry in its argument list. The first argument is a format string which controls interpretation of the input and each subsequent argument points to a variable with a type that corresponds to a type specifier in the format-string.
- scarf — a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scoff — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- scuff — to scrape (something) with one's foot or feet.
- scurf — the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- serif — a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- shaef — Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
- sheaf — one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.
- shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- skaif — a wheel on which diamonds and other gems are ground or polished.
- skeef — at an oblique angle; not straight
- skeif — a wheel on which diamonds and other gems are ground or polished.
- skelf — a splinter of wood, esp when embedded accidentally in the skin
- skiff — any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
- skoff — a stage of a journey
- sluff — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- snarf — to eat quickly and voraciously; scarf (often followed by down or up).
- sniff — to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.
- snuff — to cut off or remove the snuff of (candles, tapers, etc.).
- spiff — to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.
- spoof — a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
- staff — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- stuff — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- swarf — an accumulation of fine particles of metal or abrasive cut or ground from work by a machine tool or grinder.